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Originally Posted by highthief
Of all nations in the region, only Barbados ranks higher in the Human Development Index (a combination of many factors including life expectancy, health and education, economic well being, etc).
Cuba is at No. 51 - ahead of Mexico, Panama, St. Kitts, Belize, Jamaica, etc.
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I looked up that list.
Its one of those feel good things but even so the Bahamas' are ranked 49, and Costa Rica 48.
It also has the US as 12th because, in their own words, "The human development index gives a more complete picture than income" so in other words they decide what the important factors are and weight them as they feel they should be. For example we take a beating on climate change, boo hoo :P